Are you a proud believer in multi-tasking? You may want to re-think that.

In a world saturated with incoming stimulation, it is easy to assume that we can handle multiple things at once. Ever watch TV while scrolling through social media? Drive your car while checking a text message? FaceTime with a family member while preparing dinner? This multi-tasking is commonplace. And yet, the science reveals that it may not help with productivity or brain health.
Multi-Tasking Has “Switching Costs”
Defining multi-tasking as “doing two or more things at once” is actually mis…

Friends Life Care has served older adults for over 30 years by helping them to successfully age in place. And as a Quaker-value based nonprofit, Friends Life Care has been fortunate to have a long-standing relationship with Friends Services Alliance (FSA). We have similar missions focused on the wellbeing of older adults. This includes celebrating and supporting the later years of life which is the opposite of ageism.
About Ageism and Anti-Ageism
In view of that, FSA created this amazing collage art which we included in this post. We are sharing it as it illustrates the i…